Hercules 3D Prophet 9700

Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 ... features future-proof 3D architecture, enabling full hardware acceleration of the latest APIs (Application Program Interfaces) - Microsoft's DirectX 9 and OpenGL - for a new level of realism in current and future games. The board is built on ATI's most recent 3D innovations (SMARTSHADER 2.0 with programmable Pixel Shaders 2.0 and Vertex Shaders 2.0, TRUFORM 2.0 and DirectX 9 Displacement Mapping), employing SMOOTHVISION 2.0 technology for 2X/4X/8X/16X anisotropic filtering and 2X/4X/6X FSAA mode. The end result is perfect image quality with no graphics artifacts whatsoever.

In this spirit, 3D Prophet 9700 delivers unparalleled performance, generating extremely high frame rates with optimal fluidity in geometrically and texture-heavy games. Plus, thanks to CATALYST drivers, gamers can look forward to stable, high-speed performance with regular updates and improvements. 3D Prophet 9700 is ideal for hardcore First Person Shooter gamers. It offers unsurpassed stability even at the highest clock speeds, thanks to a unique copper-base cooling fan and complete heatsink coverage (RAM and back of the CPU). Copper's high thermal conductivity ensures phenomenal heat dissipation and acceleration potential. On the other hand, Hercules' silent fan (<28 dB) delivers the performance needed to keep things cool, without being distracting.